Mario Benavides, Ryan Turnley, Mackey MacPherson Named To Rimington Award Watch List

Along with the Mackey Award Watch List, the Rimington Award Watch List was released today. The Rimington Award is given annually to honor the nation's best center. This year, three Big East centers made the list: Louisville fifth-year senior Mario Benavides, Syracuse's Mackey MacPherson, and Pittsburgh's Ryan Turnley.

You can view the full list of nominees after the jump.

RIMINGTON TROPHY

Eloy Atkinson, UTEP

Mario Benavides, Louisville

Nick Carlson, Wyoming

Braxston Cave, Notre Dame

Reese Dismukes, Auburn

Trent Dupy, Tulsa

Dillon Farrell, New Mexico

James Ferentz, Iowa

Jay Finch, Georgia Tech

B.J. Finney, Kansas State

Travis Frederick, Wisconsin

Dalton Freeman, Clemson

James Fry, TCU

Kevin Galeher, Western Michigan

Hronis Grasu, Oregon

Ben Habern, Oklahoma

Gus Handler, Colorado

Jonotthan Harrison, Florida

Khaled Holmes, USC

Andre Huval, Louisiana

Alec Johnson, San Diego State

T.J. Johnson, South Carolina

Barrett Jones, Alabama

Zac Kerin, Toledo

Tyler Larsen, Utah State

Patrick Lewis, Texas A&M

P.J. Lonergan, LSU

Mackey MacPherson, Syracuse

Joe Madsen, West Virginia

Mike Marboe, Idaho

Will Matte, Indiana

Blake McJunkin, SMU

Andrew Miller, Virginia Tech

Brian Moore, Duke

Graham Pocic, Illinois

Ryan Powis, Army

Austin Quattrochi, Southern Miss

Jordan Rae, UCF

Weston Richburg, Colorado State

Sam Schartzstein, Stanford

Matt Smith, Kentucky

Matt Stankiewitch, Penn State

Tevita Stevens, Utah

Travis Swanson, Arkansas

Evan Swindall, Ole Miss

Ryan Turnley, Pittsburgh

Brandon Vitabile, Northwestern

Stephen Warner, Louisiana Tech

Robert Waterman, UNLV

Camden Wentz, N.C. State